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Pierce Brosnan Set For James Bond Return
12th September 2005

Expecting someone else? As the saying goes in Bond-lore, "never say never"!

The turf war over the casting of James Bond for the forthcoming movie "Casino Royale" is about to end. If the trade press reports are anything to go by, Sony, who took over MGM earlier in the year, have been turning down candidates for the "vacant" 007 role proposed by the producers right, left and centre.

The casting of 007 is down to four people: Amy Pascal (Sony), Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (Eon Productions producers), and Martin Campbell (director of "Casino Royale"). Each party have had their favourites, and due to the much reported failure to find a suitable replacement by the producers, despite their wide reaching casting calls, Sony has come to the inevitable conclusion: if it's not broke, don't fix it.


Pierce Brosnan has been hinting to the media over the past few days that the situation has changed and he was willing to step back into the tuxedo for a fifth and final time - if the call from the producers came.

Following his `Editors Special Award` earlier this month, Brosnan gave an interview with GQ that revealed the true state of affairs.

On the subject of his pay demands for a fifth movie, which was over hyped and overblown by the tabloid press to a staggering figure of £20m ($35m USD), Brosnan set the record straight: "Twenty million? Oh no, rubbish. Oh for God's sake. Bollocks. No way. No, it was a handsome figure of maybe £10 million or something like that. Given what the films make it was a spit in the bucket. I wasn't being greedy. The age issue? Bollocks to that, too."

MI6 exclusively reported back in February that the figure Brosnan was allegedly asking for was actually £10m ($17m USD) - a figure now confirmed by Brosnan himself and not that staggering considering he was reportedly paid around $16.5m USD (~£10m) for "Die Another Day". The "too old" rumours which first started in the tabloid press and internet sites back in February 2004 have also been quashed many times.

So what do Sony think about their newly acquired franchise being stalled due to the vacant lead role?

Brosnan candidly explained, "Sony are pulling their hair out over it, apparently. I was in their offices just a few weeks ago pitching Thomas Crown 2. They said, "come back" and I said "it's not up to me, guys."

"I think I was caught up between the egos of the producers and the studios, really. They (the producers) didn't know whether to go younger, they didn't know what to do, period. I don't know what the truth is. It could be as honest as that, but it seems strange, especially as each film made more and more money."


But Eon Producers have been silent on the whole affair ever since the first headlines speculated that Brosnan's tenure as 007 was over. "Maybe it's all a big, clever ploy just to bang the drum. We've seen it over the years with Sean and Roger" said Brosnan in the GQ interview.

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MI6 has learned that Pierce Brosnan is now the top contender for the role of James Bond in "Casino Royale" after all, due to studio pressure and the lack of an obvious candidate to replace him. No date has been set for an official announcement on the role, but news it imminent.

The major shooting location for "Casino Royale" will move to an Atlantic island off the east coast of the USA, and not South Africa as originally planned. Pre-production is on schedule and filming is still set to commence in early January 2006.
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I certainly hope he comes back and I hope that someone with a clue writes the script so we get an actual James Bond movies as opposed to the XXX crap we've been getting for the past few years.
 
Im betting this is because they cant find an actor in time for the Jan 06 start :lol

This is what they get for not planning ahead, did you really think Pierce was going to be Bond for another 10 years?!
 
Hitokage said:
Will the script suck worse than DAD, following the unfortunate Brosnan-Bond trend?
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They hired Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) to revise the script that the original writers (World is Not Enough, Die Another Day) did.
 
I like Pierce Brosnan, but I want a new Bond.



Paul Haggis is writing this, right?

DMczaf said:
They hired Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) to revise the script that the original writers (World is Not Enough, Die Another Day) did.
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OK then.
 
DMczaf said:
They hired Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) to revise the script that the original writers (World is Not Enough, Die Another Day) did.
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I hope you mean "rewrite" when you say "revise" there. :(
 
I'm all for it. Brosnan makes an excellent Bond, it's just too bad he got handed crap scripts for his movies (except Goldeneye).
 
Brosnan probably feels better about playing Bond now that Goldeneye's director is at the helm and he knows it won't be utter shit.

After all, actors have dignity, too.
 
Frankly, I'm sick of the "back and forth will he or won't he" crap that's been thrown out there. I've heard AT LEAST five or six different versions of it. Just make up your mind already, Brosnan!

Btw, I think he makes a very good Bond.
 
DMczaf said:
They hired Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) to revise the script that the original writers (World is Not Enough, Die Another Day) did.
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TWINE and DAD are both absolute shit.

TND > Goldeneye >>>>>>> TWINE >>>>>>>>>>>>> DAD
 
They're all shit, except for Goldeneye. I'm glad Brosnan is coming back, though, since i think he's a great Bond. I hope it turns out good.
 
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Junkie. Jedi. Bond. Make it happen.
 
>>>Pierce Brosnan has been hinting to the media over the past few days that the situation has changed and he was willing to step back into the tuxedo for a fifth and final time - if the call from the producers came.<<<

Willling? He didn't quit. He was dropped.
 
Pierce Brosnan is our bond. He's the james bond of our generation. When he moves on, then James Bond movies will be passed onto the next generation. Or something like that.
 
Brosnan should get to do this. I'd like to see him go out with a bang. He's the best Bond, but he's been in some REALLY bad "spy" films.

GoldenEye was great though.
 
AniHawk said:
Brosnan should get to do this. I'd like to see him go out with a bang. He's the best Bond, but he's been in some REALLY bad "spy" films.

GoldenEye was great though.
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Hmmm, do you really think he tops Sean?

I mean Pierce is good and all but... topping the man himself? I'm not so sure.
 
brosnan misses the top spot because of some really shitty Bond movies. Die Another Day immediately comes to mind.
Ruzbeh said:
Pierce Brosnan needs to go.

Make way for Hugh Jackman!!!

:D :D
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nah, save him for Snake in the Metal Gear Solid movie. He might need to buff up some, but otherwise i think he'd do a great job. MGS is essentially the Bond formula twisted into something a little different anyway.
 
Prost said:
Hmmm, do you really think he tops Sean?

I mean Pierce is good and all but... topping the man himself? I'm not so sure.
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I haven't seen all of Connery's films... just Dr. No, Goldfinger, and Diamonds are Forever. Think I might've seen a bit of You Only Live Twice or Thunderball too. A ridiculous shootout scene in which Bond teeters around and shoots a gun awkwardly to be complimented as someone who fights well.

Anyway, I didn't like him as Bond much.

But I'm a big fan of GoldenEye.
 
DAD was soooo bad. surfing into a secret base. surfing. on super surf boards god what if there was no surf? STUPID.
 
i found that scene where he was surfing with the parachute on the tidal wave to be the worst moment in Bond history
 
Scrow said:
i found that scene where he was surfing with the parachute on the tidal wave to be the worst moment in Bond history
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I can think of a few Roger Moore sequences that I'd be willing to put against that any day.
 
Raoul Duke said:
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Oh god, no. And I think that is the fairy-est picture I've ever seen of him. He's great, in other stuff, but no. Anyway, he doesn't have sexual charisma needed for Bond. Brosnan for one more, please. After that, who knows. Too bad Christian Bale will be busy with Batman. :(

Edit: I bet Jackman would be kick ass. He seems perfect for it.
 
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